Decking the malls at 2 a.m.

Buy PhotoTim Cook/The DayShoppers patiently wait in line to check out at Old Navy in the Crystal Mall in Wateford during the wee hours of the morning on Black Friday Nov. 23, 2012. The mall opened at midnight.

Buy PhotoTim Cook/The DayBlack Friday shoppers wait in a long line outside of Victoria's Secret at the Crystal Mall in Wateford during the wee hours of Friday Nov. 23, 2012.

Buy PhotoTim Cook/The DayBlack Friday shoppers hit the Crystal Mall in Wateford during the wee hours of the morning on Black Friday Nov. 23, 2012. The mall opened at midnight.

Buy PhotoTim Cook/The DayA young toddler sleeps on his mother's shoulder as the family heads home from the Crystal Mall in Wateford during the wee hours of the morning on Black Friday Nov. 23, 2012.

Buy PhotoTim Cook/The DayJohane Pierre of New London rests her eyes as she takes a break from shopping at the Crystal Mall in Wateford during the wee hours of the morning on Black Friday Nov. 23, 2012.

Holiday shoppers take advantage of Black Friday bargains at the Crystal Mall in Waterford early Friday morning Nov. 23, 2012.